Annual fundraiser for Grantsville Community Museum

September 26, 2012

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GRANTSVILLE, MD. - — The annual fundraiser dinner for the Grantsville Community Museum will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Grantsville Senior Center.

There will also be auctions and door prizes. Advance tickets can be purchased at Beachy's Pharmacy and the Grantsville Museum. Seating is limited to 100 persons so museum supporters are urged to get their tickets soon.

The speaker for the evening will be Sara (Sally) Stanton Jarrett. She was born and raised on The Maples Farm, south of Grantsville. Her late parents were Guy S. Stanton and Almira Turner Stanton. Jarrett attended Grantsville high school through 10th grade and graduated from Northern High School in 1954. She attended the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Cumberland from September 1954 until graduating in September 1957.

"All of my life, I have had a deep interest in family relationships and local history," Jarrett said. "In 1973, Dad and I were able to publish a book of our 'Stanton and the Related Families.' In 1987, a friend and I published 'Care for the Elderly, a Practical Guide to Home Care.' In recent years, I have written various articles about local families and history for The Casselman Chronicle and the Journal of the Alleghenies. I have made several genealogy and historical presentations to my local Howard County Genealogy Society."

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Jarrett and her husband, David have resided in Elkridge, Md. for 49 years and are parents of two sons and have one grandson. Jarrett 's book on Grantsville history is available for sale at the museum.

For more information about tickets and the program call the museum at 301-895-5454 or Sue Beachy at 301-895-5387. The museum is open 1 to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday until Oct. 20 and will re-open in May. Special tours are available anytime by calling the museum, museum curator Earleena Tressler at 301-895-5314 or Gerry Beachy at 301-895-5177.

Volunteers and persons interested in becoming a board member should contact the museum. The museum is always in need of items of historical value from the Grantsville and northern Garrett County area. Items can be donated or loaned to the museum for display.

Residents interested in preserving the history of northern Garrett County and especially Grantsville should contact one of the above for information. Persons wanting to donate to the museum can send their tax deductible donations to: Grantsville Community Museum, P.O. Box 413, Grantsville, MD 21536.